What are silver 50 cent coins worth?

What are silver 50 cent coins worth?

Melt Values of Older Silver Coins

Silver Coin Type Year of Issue Face Values
Walking Liberty 50c 1916-1947 $0.50
Franklin Half Dollar 1948-1963 $0.50
Kennedy Half Dollar 1964 $0.50
Kennedy Half Dollar 1965-1970 $0.50

Are Silver Half Dollar coins worth anything?

Most circulated Kennedy half dollars minted after 1970 are worth their face value. From 1965–1970, Kennedy halves were made from 40% silver, and are worth at least the melt value of their silver content. 1964 Kennedy half dollars are struck from 90% silver, making them the most desirable year in the series.

What is the value of a 1964 silver 50 cent piece?

CoinTrackers.com has estimated the 1964 Kennedy Half Dollar value at an average of $10.00, one in certified mint state (MS+) could be worth $20.

What year fifty cent pieces are silver?

The U.S. started minting these 12.5-gram 50-cent pieces in 1964, only a couple of months after President Kennedy’s assassination. The only year that they contained 90% silver was 1964 (Note: Kennedy Half Dollars still are minted today, but without any silver).

What Australian 50 cent coins are valuable?

You could take a look at our Aussie silver coin value calculator to work it out. Anyway, back onto the circulation issues. Truly uncirculated 50 cent coins from 1969 (cv $25), 1971 ($25), 1972 ($55), 1973 ($60), 1974 ($35), 1985 ($13), 1993 ($22) , and 1997 ($30) are all worth more than any commemorative 50c coin.

What coins are worth keeping?

9 of the most valuable coins in the world

  1. The 1794 Flowing Hair Silver Dollar. picture alliance/Getty Images.
  2. The 1787 Brasher Doubloon.
  3. The 1787 Fugio cent.
  4. The 723 Umayyad Gold Dinar.
  5. The 1343 Edward III Florin.
  6. The 1943 Lincoln Head Copper Penny.
  7. The 2007 $1 Million Canadian Gold Maple Leaf.
  8. 1913 Liberty Head V Nickel.

What coins have silver in them?

Silver bullion is silver in the form of bars, coins, ingots or rounds. The best known silver coins are silver Eagles, Maple Leafs, Kookaburras and Britannia’s.

When did they stop making silver dollars?

But by 1959, some silver coin shortages began to cause the Federal Reserve to ration coin allocations to its member banks. The USA’s 90% silver circulated coins were phased out from being struck by President Lyndon Johnson’s July 23rd signing of the Coinage Act of 1965.

What is the value of a 50 cent coin?

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The half dollar, sometimes referred to as the half for short or 50-cent piece, is a United States coin worth 50 cents, or one half of a dollar.

What is the rarest US Silver Dollar?

The 1895 Morgan silver dollar is known as the “King of the Morgan Dollars” because it is the rarest and one of the most valuable coins in the entire Morgan Dollar series.